Vic Govt counts cost of carbon tax on health services

The State Government has counted the cost of the carbon tax on health services in Ballarat and south-west Victoria.

However, the Federal Government is disputing the findings.

The State Government says it has done an examination of hospital energy bills.

It says the Federal Government's carbon tax has cost Ballarat Health Services an extra $250,000 over the past six months and it says South-West Healthcare has seen $113,000 in extra energy costs over the same period.

The Victorian Government is calling for compensation from the Commonwealth.

However, a spokesman for federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek says the Commonwealth is increasing funding to hospitals by $20 billion this decade, which covers additional costs such as carbon pricing many times over.

The spokesman says federal hospital funding will increase by 6.5 per cent this financial year.